You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
TONI MORRISONYou need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
TONI MORRISONWriting is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
TONI MORRISONFor me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
TONI MORRISONHe wants to put his story next to hers.
TONI MORRISONI have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.
TONI MORRISONRacism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.
TONI MORRISONAt some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
TONI MORRISONAll water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
TONI MORRISONIf you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
TONI MORRISONFreedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
TONI MORRISONYou are your own stories.
TONI MORRISONA friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
TONI MORRISONThe enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
TONI MORRISONA dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
TONI MORRISONThe pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
TONI MORRISONBeauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
TONI MORRISON